Chronic Hives?

[Neal94ynwa]

I believe I have Chronic Hives, about 10 years ago a orangey red patch started forming on neck, didn’t think much of it. A couple years later, it started spreading. There was no symptoms at this point other than the visible rash, no itchiness. A couple years later and it has spread across my stomach, down the sides of my body, my back etc and one day, i randomly started flaring up and it’s been that way ever since. My skin feels like it’s on fire, it’s not just irritating, it’s excruciatingly painful. There’s been a few occasions I’ve been to my GP, they’ve never actually diagnosed me with this, they’ve only given me a steroid cream which only helps visually, the rash goes but the inflammation doesn’t and now any sort of cream would be difficult to apply, given I now live alone and my back being the worst part. I also work nights, so finding the energy and motivation to get this sorted is hard, especially after a night of so much pain. Exercise/work and heat tend to be the main triggers for me.

I’m not sure if I’ve explained very well but does this sound like hives?

[spw1]

Hives don't tend to start like that without pain or itchiness. They come and go v quickly. With a large area like that be careful with steroidal cream. Anything that it is applied to is suppressed but returns worse. Have you looked into getting an allergy or insensitivity tests and also a blood test for ANA antibodies? Might be some auto immune thing going on. In the meantime, try an anti-inflammatory whole foods plant based diet. Temporarily give off anything that creates internal heat (will make that fire like feeling worse) - this means high sugar, refined oils, v hot spices, etc. Good luck

[Lizzo30]

Hi Neal94ymwa you are a guy and you do night shift right ? What materials do you work with ?

I ask because they are relevant issues if you are male and you have allergy issues that may be due to lowering male hormone, nightshift work may mean your melatonin levels are impacted ?

[Neal94ynwa in reply to Lizzo30]

I am male and work nights, yes. I work nights at Morrisons, but I have only been doing nights for just over a year, so not sure but I will definitely look into it, thank you for the advice

[Lizzo30 in reply to Neal94ynwa]

Do you think it is to do with any product you are using such as showergel or even washing powder ? also could you be reacting to food - milk is often the culprit? Bicarbonate of soda half a teaspoon in a water can help it to calm down your immune system

[Neal94ynwa in reply to Lizzo30]

I don’t think it’s any product I use, I use all natural shower gels and have used the same Fairy Non-Bio product for years. I recently thought it could have been a milk allergy because I did cut out dairy and it had been so much better, but dairy products tend to be high in histamine anyway, so I don’t know if it’s the cause or if it’s just helping

[Neal94ynwa in reply to Neal94ynwa]

I am in the process of trying to get in with a dermatologist for an allergen test but it’s really difficult at the moment

[Lizzo30 in reply to Neal94ynwa]

You can react to natural products, milk isnt high in histamines but many people have allergic reation to it , dairy products that age such as cheese have histamine , histamine and allergy issues are 2 seperate reactions , the other thing that may be causing your hives is an over active immine system lastly there is your alkaline / acid balance to take into account you will do much better if your body is alkaline , I have a melon and cucumber smoothie every day, cider vinegar is good too

[Lilnasx]

I bet it is a type of YEAST infection because of the colour and because you say you work and probably get hot and stay in your damp clothes. if your diet is high in sugar and carbohydrates this makes it even worse. it is likely easily curable, and doctors miss this all the time! try this. get some selenium sulfide shampoo, its for dandruff, but for you you will use it as a bodywash. MUST BE SELENIUM SULFIDE. regular dandruff shampoo is zinc and will NOT work for yeast. apply in shower, let it sit for 3 minutes all over body. rinse well. now make sure you wash your sheets and clothes in HOT water to kill yeast and change often. it will also help if you can get oral antifungal, like generic Fluconazole or Diflucan we can buy over the counter, or get DR to Rx it for you. success can be had with 1 pill taken daily for 3 or 4 days. that's how i cured my son's terrible itchy rash he got every summer from sweating at work on nightshift, and sitting in wet damp hot clothes under his uniform while working in a meat factory...